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Magyarosaurus Magyarosaurus dacus (Nopcsa 1915)
/mˌædʒjɐɹəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Romania
Regions
Hunedoara · Alba
Formations
Densuș-Ciula · Pui Beds · Sebeş
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Magyarosaurus dacus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Hunedoara, Romania. It was named by (Nopcsa 1915). The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Magyarosaurus dacus sits in deep time
Magyarosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Magyarosaurus dacus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.